Scientists are conducting intriguing — and counter-intuitive — experiments at several sites in Germany: Bringing back long-lost herbivores, such as water buffalo, to encourage the spread of native plant species that have fared poorly in Europe’s human-dominated landscape.READ MORE

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Holger Rössling, project manager for the effort to bring water buffalo and other exotic herbivores to an area near Berlin, stands in front of a marsh being grazed by water buffalo. The buffalo feed in the marshlands, helping conservationists to manage the ecosystem to encourage the return of rarer native species that have been edged out by more common trees and plants.
(Photo by Christian Schwägerl)

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The Warriors of Qiugang, a Yale Environment 360 video, chronicles a Chinese village’s fight against a polluting chemical plant. It was nominated for a 2011 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
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